In a special note today to players thanking them for six years of support, Zynga chief operating officer Clive Downie revealed three new mobile titles soon to be released worldwide, including a FarmVille 2 game that's completely different from its Facebook counterpart. » 3/03/14 11:30am Monday 11:30am

In case you've forgotten about them, Zynga still exists. And they still have enough money to acquire other smaller game development companies. The Farmville company just announced that, for $527 million dollars, they've bought NaturalMotion—the creators of the Backbreaker, Clumsy Ninja and CSR Racing series—and that… » 1/30/14 4:36pm 1/30/14 4:36pm

"When I saw the rise of Zynga and tried out some of their games on Facebook, I noticed some of the same design patterns that we use in slot machines." Kotaku reader SpiffyPirate works with slot machines and talks about the similarities he sees between design ideas in that industry and in Zynga's games . » 10/03/13 3:15pm 10/03/13 3:15pm

There were tons of personnel changes at Zynga, announced today by ex-Xbox boss and new Zynga boss Don Mattrick. The CTO, COO and Chief People Officer are out. Read through the changes and your head may spin. Big changes continue at the house of FarmVille. » 8/13/13 7:29pm 8/13/13 7:29pm

Zynga, the social gaming company that owns the trademark to the title "Words With Friends", is suing Bang With Friends Inc., a company founded to help Facebook users find "casual sex". » 7/31/13 3:40am 7/31/13 3:40am

Everybody's favorite combustible video game commentator usually doesn't comment on companies' personnel moves. But, clearly Don Mattrick's move to Zynga has inflamed Francis more than, say, the departure of former EA CEO John Riccitiello. The result? Lines like this: "It's like hiring the pilot from the Hindenburg to… » 7/03/13 10:40am 7/03/13 10:40am

Japanese developer iNiS — the name's an acronym for "infinite Noise of the inner Soul" — has spent the past decade and a half perfecting the art of the rhythm game. From classics like Gitaroo Man and Elite Beat Agents to not-so-classics like last year's DLC-packed Demon's Score, iNiShave mastered the melding of sound and … » 6/21/13 6:00pm 6/21/13 6:00pm

Crafted by former members of A Bit Lucky and some folks from Trion Worlds, Solstice Arena is a free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena game that Zynga is calling the "world's first speed MOBA." What does that mean, exactly? » 6/13/13 10:00am 6/13/13 10:00am